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Thousands sign petition to save Dumfriesshire museum at site of world s first savings bank
TSB want to permanently shut the site at Ruthwell and shift the contents to Edinburgh
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Members of the Ruthwell Community Council are hoping to reverse TSB s plans to move the savings bank museum to Edinburgh. (Image: Jim McEwan)
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BBC News
By Giancarlo Rinaldi
Published
image copyrightJ Thomas
image captionA campaign hopes to make the TSB rethink plans to close the site for good
Campaigners have called on the TSB to drop its plans to permanently close a museum at the site of the world s first savings bank in the south of Scotland.
Tour operator Mark Turner, who set up a petition opposing the move, said it was an important facility for the village.
The TSB said it had been in talks over ensuring items which were of local relevance would stay in the region.
The small cottage museum is on the site where Rev Henry Duncan set up his penny bank for parishioners in 1810.
BBC News
By Giancarlo Rinaldi
Published
image captionCampaigners want to see Galloway become Scotland s third national park
The case for Galloway to become Scotland s third national park has been taken to Holyrood.
It is the latest step in a long-running campaign to acquire the status.
South of Scotland SNP MSP Emma Harper secured the debate on the issue which has enjoyed cross-party support in Dumfries and Galloway.
However, the Scottish government repeated its stance that it has no plans to create any new national parks.
Scotland currently has two national parks, one in the Cairngorms, the other is Loch Lomond and the Trossachs.